News Arup launches global guide on building safely with timber Arup has published a global guide on how to build fire-safe mass timber structures to encourage more use of the low-carbon alternative to concrete and steel. The consultancy said it…
News Rotterdam to get demountable timber social housing block Dutch architect Powerhouse Company has revealed its design for a modular timber, 82-unit social housing project in Rotterdam that it says is demountable. The 12-storey, 40m-high Valckensteyn housing block will…
News Bjarke Ingels unveils wooden cube design for University of Kansas Denmark’s Bjarke Ingels Group, BNIM and the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design are collaborating on a 50,000 sq m mass-timber building for the university. The six-storey Makers’…
News Bjarke Ingels and A+ reveal design for Toulouse transport hub A+ Architects and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have unveiled their design for a 1.2ha transport centre for Toulouse. The Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub will be located by the Gare Matabiau,…
Innovation European firms unveil concrete-timber hybrid walls Swedish concrete-element maker Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish company Metsä Wood have developed a wall panel made from layers of concrete, insulation, and load-bearing laminated veneer lumber. They say…
Projects 77m-high timber and steel tower going up in Toronto Contractor Pomerleau has started building a 14-storey mass timber and steel building at the University of Toronto. The 77m-high “Academic Wood Tower” near the intersection of Devonshire Place and Bloor…
Perspectives Is timber better for climate than steel and concrete? It’s actually not that simple Contrary to common belief, it’s a big oversimplification to say “material X is more sustainable than material Y”, our research suggests. It was conducted using a state-of-the-art, AI-powered conceptual design…
Projects Swedish museum opens timber dome for immersive science shows Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm has unveiled a dome-shaped auditorium made from precision-engineered cross-laminated timber (CLT). Just over 12m high, with a diameter of 21.6m, the…
News Henning Larsen designs mass timber logistics hub Danish architect Henning Larsen in collaboration with Ramboll, Denc, and Pelecon has designed a mass timber logistics centre on the Dutch island of Flevopolder for Danish clothing retailer Bestseller. The…
Projects How they built Asia’s largest timber building Completed in May this year, the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is Asia’s largest timber building.
News Huge residential timber tower completed in Paris A 50m-tall timber tower in Paris has been completed, complete with 77 residential units, a ground-floor art gallery and restaurant. The €18.5m Le Berlier building was designed by Franco-Australian architect…
News Mass Timber Studio scheme aims to give NYC designers a love of wood A New York funding body has launched a project to encourage construction professionals in the city to make greater use of mass timber in their buildings. The New York City…
News Henning Larsen designs timber campus for University of the Faroe Islands Danish architect Henning Larsen has won a competition for an 8,000 sq m campus at the University of the Faroe Islands. The building, which will be located in the capital,…
News Asia’s largest mass timber building completes in Singapore Work has finished on Toyo Ito & Associates’ “Gaia” project for the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. The zero-energy building, which is billed as Asia’s largest mass timber building, takes…
Trends Helsinki’s latest timber commercial building ate 6,000 tonnes of CO2 The drive to normalise wood as a primary building material in Europe continues with the start of a mass timber commercial building in Helsinki, Finland, developed by Finnish pension insurer,…